Matthew 25:31 ¶When the Son of man
shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he
sit upon the throne of his glory:32 And before him shall be gathered all
nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth
his sheep from the goats:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right
hand, but the goats on the left.34 Then shall the King say unto them on
his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world:My
Hi-lite: Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:36
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,
and ye came unto me.37
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?38
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?39
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?40 And the King shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.41 Then shall
he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me
no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not
in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me
not.44 Then shall they also answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked,
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily
I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these,
ye did it not to me.46 And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life
eternal.

Jesus Christ came to this earth
to pay the price for our sins and show us the way by bringing
the light of truth whereby men and women could absorb that light and become
the children of light (day), thereby separating themselves
from darkness and the children of darkness (night).That
was God's Plan from the beginning when He sent the Light into the world
which had become "dark" after the rebellion of Satan when he drew 1/3 of
God's children away from our Father's truth and justice (Rev. 12:4).
It is always good to review the beginning.

Genesis
1:1In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth.

The reason God created the earth was
to provide a beautiful habitation, a home for His children, and it was
just that! Isaiah documents it for us in chapter
45:18, "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that
formed the earth and made it; he hath established it,
He created
it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I am
the LORD; and there is none else."Make no
mistake about it. The earth was NOT created "in vain", which is "tohu"
in Hebrew and means "wasted" or "desolate" like we find it in verse
2! In fact, it was so beautiful when He
created it that the "morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy (Job 38:7)"! But because
of the darkness that ensued following Satan's rebellion, God destroyed
that first earth age (2 Pet. 3:6), the age of the dinosaurs to which the
fossil remains belong, and it "became" without form (tohu) and void
(bohu) which is what Gen. 1:2 tells us. You can also
read of that destruction in Jer. 4:19-27.

[2]
And the earth was (became)
without
form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

[3] And God said,
Let
there be light: and there was light.

This light is not the sun for the sun
does not appear until the fourth day. This is "true light" that
shineth in darkness (Jn. 1:5).

[4]
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God
divided the light
from the darkness.

Again, this is the plan from the
beginning... to separate and divide the light from the darkness, even to
separate and divide the children of light from the children of darkness.

[5]
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the
evening and the morning were the first day.

Jesus Christ is the only true light
there is. The sun itself is actually only
a "type" of light which allows our flesh eyes to see the difference between
light and dark and day and night and feel the difference between warmth
and cold.We learned in a previous study
that when that "true Light" returns in all His glory that the brightness
of His coming will overpower the sun and the moon and the stars. Of
course the wise know we will be our spiritual bodies at that time.
Nevertheless,
John lets us know of that true Light which God sent into the world.

John
1:1-5In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[2] The same
was in the beginning with God.

[3] All things
were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

[4] In him was
life; and
the life was the light of men.

[5] And
the
light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended
it not.

Even when Jesus Christ, the true
Light, walked this earth in a flesh tabernacle, most men did not see the
light that was standing before them!
Most just saw a good man, a prophet, etc., etc. (Mat. 16:14), even as they
"see" Him today! But
Peter knew who He was (Mat. 16:16)
and was even later taken to the mount of transfiguration where he was privileged
to see Him in all His glory!

[6]
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

[7] The same
came for a witness, to bear witness of
the Light, that
all
men through Him might believe.

Have you separated yourself from the
darkness of this world and from the children of darkness?Those
who walk in darkness are going to be in for a big surprise when the true
Messiah, Jesus Christ, the true Light, comes to this earth, for the brightness
of that Light will consume all that is dark and iniquitous.

1 Thes.
5:2-5For yourselves
know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

[3]
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

There is a separation coming in
the Millennium when the true Light returns to this earth, followed by the
final separation at the great white throne judgment when the dividing will
have been accomplished and the wicked shall perish by His consuming fire
while the righteous enter into eternal life. Watch therefore
and continue to do your Father's will lest you fall asleep.

[4]
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief.

[5] Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we
are not of the night,
nor of darkness.

When Jesus Christ returns at the sound
of the 7th Trump in all His glory with His elect, He shall take over the
reigns of the one world government Satan has established and ALL the kingdoms
of this world shall submit to His supreme authority (Rev. 11:15)... like
it or not... and many won't like it (Rev. 11:18).

Rev.
11:15And the seventh
angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms
of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and
He shall reign for ever and ever.

Babylon the Great is coming down, never
to rise again "and the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication
and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when
they shall see the smoke of her burning (Rev. 18:9)".Yes,
the nations shall be angry, but too bad... the party's ovel!

Rev.
11:18And the nations
were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the
time of the dead, that they should be judged, and
that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets,
and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest
destroy
them which destroy the earth.

It is written in the great Book of
Joel that the LORD shall come with His mighty saints
and "sit to judge all the heathen round about".
Whereas
this flesh age is called the "valley of the shadow of death" where we walk
in the flesh with clay upon our eyes whereby most cannot see the light,
the Millennium age, the Lord's Day, is also called the "valley of decision"
(Joel 3:14) for now "every eye shall see Him" and "all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen (Rev. 1:7)". And so it shall be that if one doesn't get his
or her act together by end of that day, the Lord's Day (2 Pet. 3:8), i.e.
the Millennium, it will be curtains for certain.
Here is that excerpt from Joel:

[13]
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get
you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their
wickedness is great.

There is going to be some great
spiritual "squeezing" take place when Jesus Christ returns.

[14]
Multitudes,
multitudes
in the
valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near
in the valley of decision.

The light will be right there, my friend, and His truth and
justice shall finally flow like a mighty river (Amos 5:24) from His throne
of glory!

[15]
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their
shining.

With that background in mind, let us complete the 25th chapter
of Matthew where Christ is explaining the finale
to His disciple's question concerning "the telos", the
end of the world (age) (Mat. 25:3).

Matthew
25:31-46When the Son
of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels
with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of his glory:

Remember back in chapter 19 He told His disciples that when
He comes in His glory, they shall also sit in authority with Him.

Matthew
19:28And Jesus said
unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye
which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man
shall
sit in the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit
upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

You can read that same thing in the Book of Revelation.

Rev.
20:4And I
saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the
witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped
the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands; and
they lived and reigned with Christ
a thousand years.

As we read in Joel 3:11, ALL the nations (ethos) shall be
gathered round about. Here it is again, spoken by the Lord Himself.

Matthew
25:32And before Him
shall
be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

There shall be a separation among peoples both nationally
and individually.

[33]
And
He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but
the goats on the left.

There shall be a great division,
a separation and cleansing, when Yahshua returns to this earth.
And it shall be a time of great teaching and He shall rule with a rod of
iron, which means all nations and peoples and languages and tongues shall
strictly adhere to the truth and justice of His Word. Here is
what is written in verse 19 of Joel chapter 3 that we were reading earlier:

Joel
3:19Egypt
shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a
desolate
wilderness, for the violence against the children
of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

"Violence" means injustice, oppression, corruption.
Egypt
is symbolic of captivity and oppression, while
Edom, the land of Esau, means "red" as in communism and socialism, i.e.
all those on the LEFT! In other words, there
shall be NO MORE oppression and NO MORE "red" nations and leftists permitted
to promote their agendas of liberalism and socialism and communism which
are all unholy and ungodly! So it's DECISION TIME in the valley
of decision! People on the left will either learn
to tell the difference between the holy and the profane and then discern
between the clean and the unclean, which God's elect will teach them to
do (Ezek. 44:23-24), or if they still choose to follow Satan at the end
of the Millennium when he is released for a short season, they will follow
him right into the lake of fire and perish alongside him. Then the
final separation shall be complete and we will go on into the eternity
where there shall be no more darkness enter therein!

Now Jesus is going to show us
the difference between the RIGHT and the LEFT, the JUST and the UNJUST,
the RIGHTEOUS and the UNRIGHTEOUS, the BLESSED and the CURSED!

Matthew
25:34Then shall the
King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from
the foundation
of the world:

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akin to the base of G4474, through the idea of sudden motion); to fling
(properly with a quick toss, thus differing
from G906, which denotes a deliberate hurl;
and
from ?????? teino? (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection);
by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension to disperse:
- cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw.

The "foundation of the world" is
the "katabole" in Greek which means the "casting down" of that first
earth age.

The "foundation of the world" is
the "katabole" in Greek which means the "casting down" of that first
earth age.God's
elect, the blessed children of light from that "world that then was" (2
Pet. 3:6) were chosen before that "katabole" (Eph. 1:4) and predestined
to conform to the image of His Son and inherit the kingdom.By
the way! Do you know what brings the blessings of
our Father upon His children.Pay
close attention... for here it is:

[35]
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took
me in:

Jesus is not talking about humanitarian
acts even though God's elect certainly are generous in helping those who
are down and out and need a helping hand... which does not mean they support
entitlement programs that give people a free ride for life. Those
who sit on His right hand know the principle of the old adage which says
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish
and you feed for a life time." Think
of the fish as Christianity because on a spiritual level it
works the same way.Give
a man a loaf of bread and you feed his body for a day. Teach
him how to eat the Bread of Life and you feed his soul for all eternity.

You "see", it is the true manna,
the "bread from heaven" which came down from heaven and the "living water"
which flows from the Rock, Jesus Christ, the Word of God", that gives one
eternal life and the promise of His inheritance. Have you read the
ensamples (1 Cor. 10:11) and what He gave to the children of Israel?

Neh.
9:15And gavest them
bread
from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth
water
for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them
that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give
them.

Let's continue.

Matthew
25:36Naked,
and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

It is the work, the labor, of those
blessed brothers and sisters who follow Jesus Christ to plant seeds of
truth and do their part in helping to bring His salvation to those who
are blind and in need of "eyes to see" whereby they can "see the light",
to those who are naked and are in need of the gospel armor to cloth and
protect them, to those who are sick because the spiritual famine and drought
(Amos 8:11-13), to those who are imprisoned by the traditions of men and
thus are held captive by man's religion. Jesus Christ came to heal
the blind, the lame, the sick, and to set at liberty those who are bound
in prison. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. Remember
what it was that Jesus Christ said was fulfilled by His first advent when
He stood up in the temple and read from the Book of Isaiah (see Luke 4)?

Isaiah
61:1-2The Spirit of
the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; he
hath sent me tobind
up the brokenhearted,
toproclaim
liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them
that are bound;

[2] To proclaim
the acceptable year of the LORD,...

He then stopped in the middle of
verse two... for the second part of that verse shall be fulfilled at His
second coming.

...andthe
day of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all that mourn;

And so it is that when one feeds the
truth to his or her brothers and sisters who are in dire spiritual condition,
they do so unto Christ because they help build up and add to the body of
Christ.

Matthew
25:37Then shall the
righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred,
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

The word "righteous" means "just" as in the "just ones".

[38]
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

[39] Or
when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

[40] And
the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

You know James ("Jacob" in Hebrew),
the brother of Christ, defined what "pure religion and undefiled before
God" is:

James
1:27Pure religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit
the fatherless and
widowsin their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The "fatherless" James is talking about
are the lost, orphaned, children of the house of Israel. Can you
show them the way back home to their Father's house? Can you bind and espouse
those widows who have no husband to the true bridegroom as Paul did in
2 Cor. 11? Such are the "good works" of those who
have helped the least of these His brethren and so shall they sit on His
right hand!

And now here is what is LEFT!

Matthew
25:41Then shall he
say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,
ye
cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for
the devil and his angels:

"Everlasting fire" is simply that eternal fire that consumes
until there is nothing left, as in whatever or whoever it is perishes and
is gone for ever and ever. You "see", our God is
a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29"). Remember, fire has the unique
ability to purify gold while at the same time consuming away stubble. To
wit, Satan has been sentenced to perish by fire and when he does he will
"be no more"! Ezek. 28:18-19 documents both his sentence (vs. 18) and his
everlasting demise (vs. 19) which has been prepared for him at the end
of the Millennium (Rev. 20:14).

Ezekiel
28:18-19Thou hast defiled
thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of
thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst
of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring
thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

When something is turned to ashes,
it's gone for ever and ever and thus shall be no more (next verse)!

[19]
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou
shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou
be any more.

Likewise Satan's angels, those fallen
angels of Gen. 6 who left their first estate and came to this earth and
took to wife the daughters of Adam, are reserved to perish!
However, we know from Rev. 11:13 that they shall be slain at the sound
of the 7th Trump when Jesus Christ comes to the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Yahveh
Judges).

Jude
1:6-7And the angels
which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath
reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day.

They shall be just like those wicked fornicators and idolaters
of Sodom and Gomorrah... now you see them, now you don't!

[7]
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire.

The point is, you never want to hear the words "Depart
from me, you cursed" spoken by He who has all power in both heaven
and earth. The "cursed" do the exact opposite of
the "blessed". All you need to do to document that is to review
the 8 Beatitudes of the "Blessed" in Mat. 5 and compare them against the
8 Woes of the "hypocrites" in Mat. 23.

Matthew
25:42For I was an
hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

Instead of feeding our people they
withhold from them the true life giving bread and living water.
Matthew 23:13 "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."

[43]
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:
sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

They actually "bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves
will not move them with one of their fingers (Mat. 23:24)". Welcome
to the LEFT! Welcome to liberalism and socialism
whether it's in politics, economics, education, or religion!
It
is soon going to STOP when the King of kings and Lord of lords come to
this earth.

[44]
Then
shall they also answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee
an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?

[45]
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to
me.

[46]
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal.

When the 7th Trump sounds and the world sees the two witnesses
in Rev. 11 rise from the street of the great city Jerusalem,
which is spiritually called Sodom(symbolic
of spiritual abominations and idolatry) and Egypt (symbolic of captivity
and oppression), and be blessed by the Lord, in contrast
with the already cursed fallen angels who shall be slain and perish
at His coming (Rev. 11:13), it will get the Millennium started
with the proper perspective. It will now be
decision
time... and there shall be many "dead" (i.e. spiritually dead)
that shall walk through that Valley of Decision for 1000 years.
Hopefully they will get their act together and be blessed and enter into
life at the second resurrection, else they shall be cursed and experience
the real death, the second death, the death of the soul in the lake of
fire.

The good news is that the True
Light is with us now, for those who have eyes to see, and shall be with
us from the sound of the 7th Trump throughout all eternity for those who
choose to walk in His ways.